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Patented Jan.30, 1883.

F. W. A. BULDT. MAGHINE FOR GAPSULING BOTTLES.

(No Model.)

3NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRIEDERIGH V. A. BOLDT, OFIEIAMBURG, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR TO BOLDT & VOGEL, OF SAME PLACE.

SPEOIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 271,304, dated January 30, 1883. Application filed March 2, 1882. (No model.) Patented in Germany September 4, 1881, No. 18,222; in France January 30, 1882, No.

147,117; in Belgium February 28, 1882, No. 57,192;

in England February 28, 1882, No.-)6L; in Denmark February 28, 1882, No.

512; in Norway February 28, 1882; in Sweden March 6, 1882, and in Austria-Hungary April 22, 1882, No. 8,376 and No. 15,606.

To all whom it mag concern:

Be it known that I, FRIEDERICH WILHELM ANTON BOLDT, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, residing at Ham burg, in the German Empire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Gapsuling Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvementsin machines for capsuling bottles in which the cap sules are compressed by means of rubber jaws; and the objects of my improvements are, first, to communicate a sliding motion in the direction from the mouth to the bottom of the bottle to the compressing-jaws, and, second, to afford facilities in operating the driving parts of the machine. 1 attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which--- Figure 1 is a side elevation, and Fig. 2 a front elevation, of the entire machine worked directly by a lever. Fig. 3 is a side view of a machine worked by means of a gear. Fig. 4 is a sectional side elevation of the working parts; and Fig. 5, a front view thereof, partly in a section.

Similarletters refer to similarparts throughout the several Views.-

The inner part ofthe ring a is provided with curved inclines or, arranged eccentricall y to the axis of the ring'a, which can be turned by means of a lever, 11, attached to the socket b, as shown in Figs. 2 and 5, or by means of a bevel-gear, d, attached to the ring a, and abevel-geared segment, 6, to which the lever k is fastened, as illustrated by Fig. 3. The ring a, when operated by the lever 11, maybe provided with a counter-weight, g, by which the ring a may return automatically into its first position when the lever o is left free. The rotation of the ring a induces a sliding motion during the compression in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 4 to the rubber jaws y, at-

tached to the levers 2, which are hinged to the frame to of the machine by means of the pins to. By turning the ring a, the inclines a, sliding outside of the free ends of the levers a, cause the latter to swing around their fulcrum n. This movement eli'ects a compression of the circumference of the capsule, and simultaneously the advancing ot' the latter in the direction indicated by the arrow, in order to produce a tight and nice fitting to the head of the bottle. The rollers or serve to reduce the friction between the levers z and the inclines a. The automatical opening of the jaws y will be effected by means of the rubber ring 0".

Having thus fully described lnyinvention, what I desire to claim and secure by Letters Patent 1's-- 1. In a machine for capsuling bottles, the combination of the levers z, hinged outside of and rectangularly to the plane of the ring a, provided with compressing-jaws 3 with the ring a, provided with inclines a,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a machine for capsuling bottles, the

combination of the ring a and the lever v with the counter weight g, substantially as described.

3. In a machine for capsuling bottles, the combination ofthe ring a, which actuates the levers z,hinged outside of and rectangularly to the plane of the ring a, and the gear 01, with the geared segment 0 and the lever 7., sub stantially as set forth.

FRIEDERIOH \VIlil-IELM ANTON BOLDT. 

